"Tacitus appears to have been as great an enthusiast as Petrarch for the revival of the republic and universal empire.…"

"Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ ὅτι οἷα ἡ πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει."

"The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now d…"

"Οὐδὲν ὑφίσταται τὴν βίαν τοῦ πλούτου· Πάντα ὑποκύπτει τῇ τυραννίδι, πάντα ὑποπτήσσει τὴν δυναστείαν."

"Kings will be tyrants from policy when subjects are rebels from principle."

"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage o…"

"Even the tyrant never rules by force alone; but mostly by fairy tales. And so it is with the modern tyrant, the great…"

"Tyranny over a man is not tyranny: it is rebellion, for man is royal."

"The tyrant asserts himself as a transcendence; he considers others as pure : he thus arrogates to himself the right t…"

"This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest."